The AMPP Contractor Certification Programs (e.g., AMPP-QP 1) and many project specifications prepared by public agencies and private companies require the painting contractor to control the quality of their work by providing a full time trained/certified quality control (QC) inspector on a coatings project. The role of the quality control inspector is to verify conformance to the governing specification using in-process inspection procedures, visual guides, test kits, and instrumentation, including documentation. Additionally, the facility owner may elect to contract with a third-party coating inspection firm to perform quality assurance (QA) inspection on the same coatings project (or assign a member of their staff to assure quality). The QA inspector often conducts the same inspections as the QC inspector. This paper and presentation will explore whether the roles of a QC and QA inspector on the same project are redundant or complementary. Examples of how, together, these roles have thwarted potential coating performance issues in the Chemical Processing environment will be cited.

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Costs, Coating performance, Coating inspection, Coatings, Materials, Quality assurance, Inspectors, Inspection, Personnel, Hold points, Quality control, Contractors, Training and certification
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